NATO and the European Union: New World, New Europe, New Threats

by Gardner,Hall; Gardner,Hall

• ISBN13: 9780754638018
• ISBN10: 0754638014
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-05-28
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

The perspectives of academics and practitioners are brought together in this insightful work, which examines the war on terrorism, the Iraq war and the roles of NATO and the EU. Casting light on the global and regional ramifications of the crisis, as well as the tensions in the transatlantic relationship caused by the war with Iraq, NATO and the European Union addresses the key policy questions that concern the maintenance of global peace and security.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	vii
Preface	x
Introduction: Alliances, "War on Terrorism" and Weapons of Mass Destruction	1	(10)
Hall Gardner
PART I: THE STRATEGIC IMPACT OF SEPTEMBER	11	(68)
Chapter 1: Asymmetrical Conflict: A Critical Assessment	31	(18)
Marwan Bishara
Chapter 2: From "Balance" to "Imbalance" of Terror	49	(30)
Hall Gardner
PART II: THE FUTURE OF NATO
Chapter 3: Thinking About and Beyond NATO	79	(12)
Simon Serfaty
Chapter 4: NATO's 2002 Enlargement: US-Allied Views on European Security	91	(16)
Marco Rimanelli
Chapter 5: Looking Down the Road: NATO-EU Relations in the Age of Intelligence and the "Age of Access"	107	(8)
Alexis Debat
Chapter 6: The EU and NATO Enlargement: A Russian View	115	(7)
Nadia Alexandrova Arbatova
Chapter 7: A MAP for Russia	122	(27)
Ira Straus
PART III: NATO, THE EU AND THE "WAR ON TERRORISM"
Chapter 8: Toward New Euro-Atlantic Euro-Mediterranean Security Communities	149	(22)
Hall Gardner
Chapter 9: Dealing with Terrorism: The EU and NATO	171	(10)
Karsten D. Voigt
Chapter 10: German Perceptions on the "War Against Terrorism" in a Historical Perspective	181	(17)
Norbert Baas
Chapter 11: Six Dimensions of the Growing Transatlantic Divide: Are the US and Europe Definitively Driving Themselves Apart?	198	(21)
Marcel Van Herpen
PART IV: "WAR ON TERRORISM": REGIONAL AND GLOBAL RAMIFICATIONS
Chapter 12: Central Asia and the West After September 11	219	(13)
Robert M. Cutler
Chapter 13: Russia and the US in the New Balance of Power in Central Asia	232	(10)
Anton Koslov
Chapter 14: Kashmir and a New Cold War	242	(10)
Sten Widmalm
Chapter 15: Iran and the New Threats in the Persian Gulf and Middle East Since 9/11	252	(26)
Steven Ekovich
Chapter 16: Preclusive War with Iraq: Regional and Global Ramifications	278	(39)
Hall Gardner
Index	317